The Spectrum of Optimism and Pessimism
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The range of optimists
- On the one end of the spectrum, you find the pure optimist. He is confident everything is great, and all negativity is a character flaw.
- Next to him, the extreme optimist accepts that bad things sometimes happen to other people.
- Then comes the optimist who can be sceptical of other people's optimism.
- After him, you find the optimist who is confident in himself and equally pessimistic about others.
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The middle range of optimists/pessimists
- The single-issue optimist/pessimist views everyone's future as being hopeless because of a handful of things that stand in the way.
- Next to the half-optimist are people who are pessimistic with their words but optimistic with their actions.
- In the middle, we have the reasonable optimist who acknowledges that life is full of setbacks but who remain confident because they know setbacks are a small part of the bigger picture.
- The possibilist knows progress is likely but sees it as playing the odds.
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The first range of pessimists
- The closet pessimists view historical progress as coincidence but think low growth or stagnation is more likely.
- Next are the sceptics. They agree that progress is likely, but question the validity of the data or if something is missing.
- Then we get to the first tier of true pessimists. They know things will improve, but they doubt they'll be part of it.
- Next comes the pessimist who sees progress as only benefiting small groups of people.
- A level down is those who quietly hope for decline (to benefit their investments.)
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The realm of extreme pessimists
- The real gloomy pessimists think evidence of past progress is misleading, incomplete or manipulated. Life is as hard as it has been in the past and will stay that way.
- The cynics view anyone promoting progress as being secretly motivated by power and greed.
- The pure pessimist is the extreme. He thinks everything is bad and will always be bad. He views positivity as a character flaw.
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